The new engines that will be part of a massive upgrade of the B-52H Stratofortress bomber have passed their critical design ...

With tensions increasingly rising in Asia and the Pacific, the US Air Force is said to be putting its B52 fleet on 24-hour ...

The most recent development with continued B-52 improvement pertains to the well-known re-engining effort for the aircraft. For many years, the Air Force has been working with Boeing and Rolls-Royce ...

The eight-engined Stratofortress was designed to haul heavy bomb payloads long distances, and in that simple, straightforward respect, the B-52 can still perform. The new Rolls Royce F130 engines, ...

Rolls-Royce has announced that its new F130 engine has successfully passed the Critical Design Review (CDR) phase, progressing toward production. Rolls-Royce has successfully completed F130 engine ...

For one reason or another, airplanes, no matter their make or use, have a habit of being very reliable, in the sense that they can still fly, safely, decades after they rolled off the assembly lines.

“The Air Force’s B-52 Commercial Engine Replacement Program (B-52 CERP) delivered a virtual prototype in August 2023 before the program transitioned to the MCA pathway prior to development start, ...

The new engine pod covers, worth 1.2 million USD, will assist in preventing damage to the B-52 engines. Pilots and maintainers at Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC) now have new engine covers ...

The U.S. Air Force said that wind tunnel testing that finished in early June validated inlet redesign of the Rolls-Royce F130 engine for the U.S. Air Force’s Commercial Engine Replacement Program ...

The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress is a living testament to the saying — if it ain't broken, don't fix it. Boasting a service career that now numbers over seven decades, it is expected to remain in ...

Rolls-Royce said the new engines planned for the B-52 Stratofortress will go into more intensive altitude testing in early 2025, now that it has passed its critical design review. (Staff Sgt. Lauren ...

Engine maker Rolls-Royce has cleared the critical design review (CDR) milestone in its effort to field a new propulsion system for the US Air Force’s (USAF’s) Boeing B-52 long-range bombers. The ...